Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fairburn, GA Crime Grade
How Fairburn grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Georgia — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Georgia
4/10
vs. Georgia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fairburn, GA was 200.3 per 100,000 residents (35 incidents over a population of 17,474). That puts Fairburn 38% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 31% below the Georgia statewide rate of 290.4.
That ranks Fairburn #2,051 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 46% of them, and #37 of 90 in Georgia. Violent crime is up 98% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Fairburn, GA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Georgia Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 200.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,051 of 3,771
- GA rank
- #37 of 90
- Safer than
- 46% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 98%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 17,474
- Reporting agency
- Fairburn Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fairburn Police Department (FBI ORI GA0600700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fairburn, GA
Also known as
- Berryville
- Cartersville
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fairburn (red), Georgia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fairburn vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 267.3(47) | 329.1(55) | 226.7(39) | 101.3(17) | 200.3(35) |
| Murder | 5.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.8(1) | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 11.4(2) | 12.0(2) | 5.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 11.4(2) |
| Robbery | 34.1(6) | 41.9(7) | 17.4(3) | 17.9(3) | 17.2(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 216.1(38) | 275.3(46) | 197.6(34) | 77.5(13) | 171.7(30) |
| Property crime | 1467.3(258) | 1406.3(235) | 1540.1(265) | 1042.7(175) | 1041.5(182) |
| Burglary | 204.7(36) | 119.7(20) | 156.9(27) | 160.9(27) | 120.2(21) |
| Larceny | 1035.1(182) | 1125.1(188) | 1226.2(211) | 726.9(122) | 812.6(142) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 221.8(39) | 161.6(27) | 145.3(25) | 154.9(26) | 103.0(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fairburn, GA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Fairburn Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Fairburn calculated?
- Fairburn's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Georgia state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Georgia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Fairburn Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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